I'm from mechanical engineering background and currently working as a software tester.  I'm not good at coding, what can I do to improve it and what field can I choose if have to quit software test...

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I'm from mechanical engineering background and currently working as a software tester. 
I'm not good at coding, what can I do to improve it and what field can I choose if have to quit software testing?

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I have 7 years of experience as a manual tester. In terms of my coding knowledge I'd rate myself 2/10.

I'm married with a daughter who will be turning 1 very soon.
Considering the inflation and increased cost of living, I think my CTC is pretty average.

A developer having 2-3 yoe generally earns the same or more than I do. All my friends are earning shit ton of money and I feel like I can't compete with them.

I don't have to compromise on anything if I want it or need it but I know I can't live a lavish life with what I earn currently.

Here are some questions that come into my mind:

1. Should I switch from testing to development?
2. How much growth can I expect just being in testing?
3. If I were to make a switch to development, what tools, language should I aim for(considering my coding is really poor)

Should I switch from Tester to Developer

Software Test - QA

I want to move on from this role as there is no learning at all from a tech point of view and feel like it's a dead end ahead. Any pointers on how I move on? I Have ~3 years of experience in this field. Any help would be much appreciated.

How do I move on from a Software Testing role?

My friend is a Performance tester in a Saas Company he wants to transition from performance to full stack SDET . He says he wants to work on both the functional and non functional aspect of testing . What should be the roadmap as i dont have much idea about testing .. 
TIA

Roadmap to transition from a Performance Tester to SDET

30M here and currently working as a QA. My current ctc is 14LPA(6Y.O.E). Currently I'm on bench and looking out for projects. Parallelly I'm also looking outside, incase I don't get any projects in my current company. 

The problem  here is I'm not very good at writing programs(Or atleast that's what I think) and constantly face issues in programming questions in interviews. I have always been an A+ student, scoring in 90's throughout academics(Scored 100 in chem and phy in 12th). But never been able to clear programming interviews. This is affecting my self-confidence and I keep getting self doubts(One of my senior in my first company told me that, I'm good at theoretical concepts and I fail when it comes to the application of said concepts).

Now I'm into automation testing and as I was looking to switch, I kept seeing multiple openings for Mobile Development(Development in general, be it backend/front-end/full stack etc). The below reasons made me thinking as to why not switch to development:
1. My current CTC is low for my exp and testing usually don't have much openings
2. Testers don't have much respect in the Industry(Even from people working along with us)
3. Not much scope to earn more from testing field

My current thoughts:
1. Enroll into a Java course from any offline institute and learn Java thoroughly first.
2. Switch to a good company with decent pay
3. Invest time for 1-2 years and learn development and then try for some startups.

Any advice to my thoughts? Am I thinking in the right direction?
And also, if anyone who has done this transition(Or similar transition) could shed some light on how you did it and what difficulties you faced, I would greatly appreciate it.

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I'm currently working as a automation tester. I need to upgrade my career in different domain which one would you recommend? SAP, PMP, scrum master, prompt engineering?

Short version:-So guys I am working as an automation tester wanted to switch to Development?

Long version:- So i joined my current  company as fresher.Had basic knowledge of java then was trained on java spring boot Microservices devlopment. Then put on bench for about 5 month(i actually wasted that time).Now got a project I do automation using python and selenium.I don't like doing it . So now I want to switch to development. Confused should i learn Django, Node js or should stick with java spring only. I am more inclined towards django as now i write automation script in python. And i personally feel it to be better then java (maybe cause it is easier to write).But i don't know market trends. That's why guidance needed.Thanks in advance

Help Needed career switch From automation to Development

I have done btech from a tier 2 colg in civil engineering (2015 pass out). There after I worked for 2 yrs and left my job for UPSC preparation. Now after 4 years I am stuck without job. I want to get into IT sector, what should be the roadmap. My strengths: strong hold on mathematics, aptitude, and English.
My weakness: never coded before.
Shall I go for SDE roles or Data science. I am a bit confused because I am new to this field with no experience and a gap of almost 5 years

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I have done btech from cse, and got placed in a service based company. I just wanted to know what are the other options available other than being a software engineer. 
Actually I didn't explore the career options myself, always choose whatever is in the trend. But now I think it's time I can choose the right path for my career or atleast give a try.
I don't knowy passion n all, good at academic till 12th grade, then average in graduation.

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Short version:-So guys I am working as an automation tester wanted to switch to Development?

Long version:- So i joined my current company as fresher Had basic knowledge of java then was trained on java spring boot Microservices devlopment. Then put on bench for about 4 month(i actually wasted that time).Now got a project I do automation using python and selenium.I don't like doing it . So now I want to switch to development. Confused should i learn Django, Node js or should stick with java spring only. I am more inclined towards django as now i write automation script in python. And i personally feel it to be better then java (maybe cause it is easier to write).But i don't know market trends. That's why guidance needed.Thanks in advance

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Hi guys, 

As a fresher I joined CG, where I got trained and have 2 year experience in software testing, but from beginning I had interest in development, I requested many times to manager but no proper response. And now I got laid off.

Currently searching job as a software
 tester, it's been 6 months no proper interview call getting scheduled

I'm very confused should I continue with testing profile or this is the time to upskill and look for dev role

I have enrolled in full stack course too.

Please give me your opinion on should I continue job hunt for testing or start new
Journey as full stack developer?

Thank you

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I am a software engineer with 11 months of experience. I have no interest in testing field and wanted to work in development roles from the start but my org forced me to work as an integration tester. Now I am planning to upskill and jump.
I have great interest in cloud field and believe that it is an emerging field, but I am told that AI/Gen AI is also very good field to go in.
Although l don't have any particular interest in AI and always thought that it is not easy to get good paying AI related jobs for beginners like me, I am ready to pursue, if told otherwise.
Please give me some advice/guidance as to which field I should choose as a fresher that has good learning and future scope and pays good.
Any advice/guidance is appreciated 🙂.

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Hi Guys- i have 3.3 yrs of experience and Need to understand the scope of automation testing now and in future, since I can do little coding stuff does it makes sense switch to dev, if that is the case then which technology I can choose.

Suggestion are highly appreciated.

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